The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-10-29

lie was received IN my sister prl-
vate sitting room. At some of his
visits | was not present. If | were
in the room when he came | stayed
a short time, then excused myself.
| did not remain, because thought
he came to see my sister. His man
ner was such that he did not seem to
care about my stayingr Mr.. Gibson
was Premier at that time. He APP
pointed Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-
urday evenings to call. | left Mrs.
Hoyt's October oath for Maui. The
first time he called he had gray
shawl on, which l noticed. Twice
he came in carriage. He general
ly came on foot. The second tire
he called he wore an overcoat. Ore
evening we dined at Mrs. Greene's,
and my sister had TO return home
early to meet Mr.. Gibson. Ore
evening / got some ice at Meller's
and took it 10 my sisters room, al d
saw Mr.. Gibson there. Another
evening he came unexpected. Mrs.
Hoyt always removed the chairs
when Mr.. Gibson was expected, so
that no one could sit on Il o
veranda near my sisters roor.
When any gentlemen call, d
the evenings Mr.. Gibson call, d
they were quickly disposed of. One
evening just after he left shower
of rain fell, and my sister worri, d
for fear he would get cold. Ano-
ther evening when he called we had
considerable difficulty keeping call
ers away. One lady was taken out
for walk. Mr.. Gibson had a
cough; / heard it one evening. The
cause of this secrecy was that Mr..
Gibson was prominent gentleman,
my sister was in business and there
were more or less remarks made
about them. The day l left fer
Maui Mr.. Gibson was on the wharf.
He shook hands with me and ar-
peared glad to find my sister was
not going away. He asked her if
he might call. No evening was APP
pointed. Mr.. Gibson's visits at
Mrs. Hoyt's lasted generally from
1880 to 10 o'clock. His manner to-
wards my sister was as if he admir-
ed her very much. 1t is a hard
thing to explain. He evidently cared
very much for her; that is my i'm
preston. He talked nothing per-
sonal while l was in the room. l
used to retire to give him a chance.
From Maui l went to Hilo, and met
with an accident. l returned to
Honolulu about 18th of December.
/ could not walk round. Have seen
Mr.. Gibson at Mrs. Dudolt's. NY
sister took me in her confidence,
and on the 26th December she told
me she was engaged to Mr.. Gibson.
First saw Mr.. Gibson at Dudoit's
on New Years Day. He knew l
was aware of his engagement. My
sister wanted me to speak to him,
but | did not. One reason was be-
cause he was so old. On the following
Monday he called, and was received
In our rooms. l did not remain,
but sat outside of the veranda. I
heard conversation between them in
gference to their engagement.
Heard my sister ask Mr.. Gibson Il
he had informed his family of it.
He said he had not, but would do so
soon. She asked him if his daugh-
ter would object. He said his
daughter did not think he would
marry again, and there would no
doubt be jealous feeling if he did
so. He did not apprehend any
trouble, as his daughter always con-
sidered his happiness. He was not
a child, and did not want to be die
tated to. They spoke about their
wedding trip. He preferred going
to the Coast, but did not think His
Majesty could spare him. Then La
haina was proposed by him, as tie
climate there was nice and the bath
ing good. The Southern part of
California was. also talked about.
He addressed my sister as if en-
gagged to her. He called her his
darling, and dear love, also sweet,
sweet darling. He kissed her good
bye several times as he was leaving.
l saw him with my own eyes. l
knew he kissed her at other times,
but did not see him. Have heard
him ask her to kiss him, and | be-
lieve she did. Once when he call
ed my sisters hair was down, and
he said that beautiful hair wss a
woman's growing glory. She said
she was going to cut some off and trim
it. He said: ''No my darling, you
must not do So" They were going
to reside on King street after mar.
riage. He said he would have the
place fixed up. | was present when
he said this. My sister once said
she was fond of roses, and he said
he would have whole acre planted.
One day they were comparing their
hairs before mirror. He said:
"Look at your beautiful brown
locks and then look at my gray hair.
Do you love me any the less for it?
II my head is gray, my heart IS
young" He said he never knew
how he had existed without her.
She brushed his coat and bathed his
head with cologne. I believe 1t was
her cologne, however, I removed
mine the next day. After New
Years Day he called three or four
times week regularly to see my
sister. The goth of March l vert